Climate averages 1991–2020

Mechelen weather
in November.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 10.0°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 5.0°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 60 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 9 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Mechelen · average highYear overview

November is a cool month in Mechelen: daytime highs average 10.0°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 59 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Schaerbeek (19 km away). In November its highs average 9.9°C, about as warm as Mechelen, with 63 mm of rain.

Among the 18 cities listed in Belgium, Mechelen ranks joint 4th of 18 for the warmest November highs and 1st of 18 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 18 cities is 9.8°C; Mechelen is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 6.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 70 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -50510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Mechelen climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Mechelen, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 6.2°C1.4°C1.4°C6111.68.58 h
February 7.3°C1.4°C1.4°C5511.010.010 h
March 10.7°C3.1°C3.1°C5311.311.812 h
April 14.6°C5.5°C5.5°C4510.813.814 h
May 18.1°C9.3°C9.3°C5911.715.516 h
June 20.9°C12.2°C12.2°C6511.316.516 h
July 22.8°C14.5°C14.5°C7112.316.116 h
August 22.6°C14.3°C14.3°C7212.014.615 h
September 19.3°C11.8°C11.8°C5210.212.713 h
October 15.0°C8.7°C8.7°C5711.010.811 h
November, selected 10.0°C5.0°C5.0°C6011.79.09 h
December 6.6°C2.3°C2.3°C7012.98.08 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

November in nearby cities

Distance from Mechelen

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mechelen) is explained once on the Mechelen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.